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' s lifetime, the ming dynasty, which had ruled china for over 250 years, was overthrown and replaced by china's last imperial dynasty, the qing. following the fall of the capital beijing in 1644, remnants of the imperial family and a few ministers set up a ming loyalist regime in nanjing with zhu yousong on the throne as the hongguang emperor. hu, who was noted for his seal @ - @ carving and facility with seal script, created a seal for the new emperor. the court offered him the position of drafter for the secretariat ( zhongshu sheren, 中 書 [UNK] 人 ) as a reward